HP EliteBook 8540w

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8540w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 16:55
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 M 620 9,076 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Memory 62.9 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 139 54% 93 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 880M 4,542 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 1521) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	2.74% Terrible	Lighting 3.13 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 1.25 3% 3.06 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 3.57 3% 3.89 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.74% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5347899 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -58437325027327 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1007 (0D) Soft read error rate 46 46 -63728719390149 (64) Unknown 0 0 3714 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3808 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 130 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 43 30067589149 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 30067589149 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5347899 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 102 102 -111896782962688 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5347899 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5347899 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 14 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3628 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2357 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2357 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2840	39.1% Below average	Read 236 Write 188 Mixed 160 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 11.7 45% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 50.8 52% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Portable 320GB 786 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 206GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 19.7 Mixed 22.7 29% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.32 39% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.9% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 65%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8540w

CPU
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples	102x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	44x
Core i7 M 640IntelBench 43%, 5,045 samples	40x

GPU
Quadro FX 880MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,542 samples	228x
Quadro FX 1800MNvidiaBench 3%, 1,209 samples	64x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	164x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	56x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	25x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16